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Drainage Division
Dublin City Council
Civic Offices
Fishamble Street
Dublin 8
Tel 2222155
Fax 2222300
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WATER POLLUTION) ACTS, 1977 & 1990
AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WATER POLLUTION) REGULATIONS 1978 & 1992
Application for a Licence / Licence Review to discharge
Trade Effluent or Sewage Effluent to Waters
Notes on completion of the application:
1. The application should be completed in accordance with the above mentioned Acts and
regulations.
2. Prior to the making of an application, for a licence (but not for a review) the applicant shall
publish in a newspaper circulating in the Dublin area a notice of intention to make such an
application. Such notice shall be headed “Discharge to Waters” and shall contain the
following information:
(a) Name of the applicant and the name of the local authority to which the application is
being made.
(b) General description of the effluent.
(c) In the case of trade effluent, state the nature of the trade or industry.
(d) Name and location of the premises from which the effluent is to be discharged.
(e) The waters to which the effluent is to be discharged.
3. A licence application must be lodged with Dublin City Council within two weeks of the
publication in a newspaper of the notice referred to above and shall be accompanied by :
(a) A copy of the newspaper notice.
(b) A site location map, in duplicate, to a suitable scale showing premises, public
roadways, location of all discharge points to waters, and the location of all discharge points
to the public sewers.
(c) A site drainage plan, in triplicate, to a scale of 1:100 (or other appropriate scale), and
such other particulars as are necessary to describe the premises, works, apparatus or plant
from which the effluent is to be discharged. The site drainage plan shall clearly indicate all
drainage on site.
(d) An application fee of €380.00 (three hundred and eighty euros).
4. Completed applications should be sent to:
Senior Engineer, Drainage Division, Dublin City Council,
Block 1, Floor 2, Civic Offices, Fishamble Street, Dublin 8.
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1 Name and address of Applicant:
Tel. No.
2 Name and address of the Premises :
3 Number of employees at premises:
4 Date of commencement of discharge:
5 Description of the process or activity :
6 Point of discharge to waters:
7 Size and type of discharge pipe:
8 Location of sampling point:
9 Average Volume m3/day.
10 Maximum Volume m3/day.
11 Maximum rate of discharge litres/sec.
12 Method of flow measurement:
13 Period or periods of discharge during day:
14 Number of days worked per annum
15 Particulars of effluent treatment:
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16 Characteristics of the Trade Effluent or Sewage Effluent
Complete for all applicable characteristics giving ranges where available. Concentrations to be
expressed in mg / litre.
CHARACTERISTIC PRIOR TO TREATMENT AS DISCHARGED
Temperature ( oC )
pH
Colour ( degree Hazen )
B.O.D.
C.O.D.
Suspended Solids
Settleable Solids ( ml/litre)
Dissolved Solids
Ammonia ( as N )
Nitrates ( as N )
Phosphorous ( as P )
Sulphates ( as SO4 )
Chlorides ( as Cl )
Phenols ( as C6H5OH )
Detergents ( as Methylene Blue Active
Substances )
Oils, fats and grease
Metals ( Specify each )
Organohalogen compounds (specify)
Organophosphorous compounds (specify)
Organotin compounds ( specify )
Mineral oils or Hydrocarbons of Petroleum
origin
Other toxic substances ( specify )
Other relevant characteristics
SIGNED: ___________________________
For Office Use
REGISTER / FILE REF:
DATE: ____________________________ DATE RECEIVED:
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